Bug 142572 - Mendely Plugin: Word to LibreOffice citation compatibility problem
Summary: Mendely Plugin: Word to LibreOffice citation compatibility problem
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.1.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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: 136860 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2021-05-30 21:44 UTC by Bittu
Modified: 2022-04-16 03:52 UTC (History)
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Description Bittu 2021-05-30 21:44:31 UTC
Description:
I got a document in MS Word and have many citations in it that were made using the Mendeley citation plugin for MS Word. The document was then exported as a "LibreOffice Compatible" version using the same add-on in MS Office. It creates a .doc file. (The normal Save As option does not help to do the following at all)
I am now editing this .doc in LibreOffice and trying to insert citations using the Mendeley plugin for LO. But before that, I had to save it in .odt format. Otherwise, the action is not allowed. I can now add new citations, but they come out as a new and separate bibliography, and I cannot edit the older citations that were as made in Word. Is there a solution to this?
Version: 7.1.3.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 47f78053abe362b9384784d31a6e56f8511eb1c1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-IN (en_IN); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Mendeley Desktop Version: 1.19.8

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Creat a .docx in MS Office with references that were inserted using the Mendeley plugin. 
2. Export to 'LO Compatible' version using the same plugin. It will create a .doc file.
3. Save it as .odt using LO and started inserting citations.

Actual Results:
New citations appear in the file but it completely ignores the old references. The old citation appears as normal text. And the new citations appear in a separate bibliography.

Expected Results:
The new citations should appear in the existing bibliography and the numbering/ordering of references in the bibliography should get modified accordingly.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.3.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 47f78053abe362b9384784d31a6e56f8511eb1c1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-IN (en_IN); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Timur 2021-09-16 08:52:09 UTC
You must not set New yourself. 
Is this a duplicate of Bug 136860?
Comment 2 Bittu 2021-09-16 15:44:44 UTC
(In reply to Timur from comment #1)
> You must not set New yourself. 
> Is this a duplicate of Bug 136860?

I do get a similar error reported in Bug 136860. Practically these two are reporting the same issue.
Comment 3 Timur 2021-09-16 17:28:00 UTC
*** Bug 136860 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2022-03-16 03:57:47 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2022-04-16 03:52:11 UTC
Dear Bittu,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
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